Payson
Payson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 50 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 500.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 201578 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1917
- 2,528people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,406 boys have been named Payson in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 78 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 44%.
Payson is used for both sexes: 44% of its bearers are girls (1,122), most of them born around 2011.
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Payson was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Payson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Zainepeak 2015
- Fischerpeak 2015
- Tenzinpeak 2014
- Blayzepeak 2014
- Zakariapeak 2017
- Nihalpeak 2014
- Youssefpeak 2017
- Wyattpeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.